10 things you did not know about… peter donegan
10 things you didnt know about …. Peter (thats me on the left). It sounds slightly unusual but – funnily enough these are the question [yes it is true] that I am asked so many, many times and that is how I drew up this list!
- My vinyl record collection includes the Beatles album ‘Rubber Soul’ in mono.
- He owns a red MG BGT 1978 and is a member of the Fingal Vintage Car Club.
- At 7 years old he was growing plants under his bed.
- His Mom made bring his plants to a local Marist Brothers college where in exchange for housing his plants he helped look after the college grounds.
- Peter is from a family of 10 – four boys and four girls.
- The first vegetables Peter ever grew where radish & lettuce in his back garden. His first plants where Geraniums & Cacti under his bed.
- At eight years old he started to cut grass. Pocket money for 8 children was an expensive hobby!
- His Father is MD of James Adams Vintners Ltd, wine merchants & his oldest brother is MD of Willowpark Contractors Ltd.
- Prior to Peter, no member of the family tree liked the garden!
- When Peter eventually sold his first car grass was growing on the back seats – a lawnmower was given away free with the poor Citroen AX to seal the deal





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